David Gordon Green (“Pineapple Express”) will direct from a script he wrote with Chris Gebert. Rizal Risjad, Silvia Fendi and Philip Elway will exec produce; Lisa Muskat co-produces.

CAA reps U.S. distribution rights, and Wild Bunch plans to sell international territories at Cannes. Filming is scheduled to begin in September.

Story’s centered on a bright and ambitious American student who travels to Europe to attend a renowned school. After a fellow student is brutally murdered and several other cruel and strange homicides disrupt the once quiet life on campus, she realizes the academy may be a front for a more menacing organization.

Casting is under way.

First Sun and Francesco Melzi d’ Eril produced “I Am Love,” starring Tilda Swinton, and the upcoming “The LandLords.” Sierra/Affinity sold most territories on “Everly” at Berlin in February.